Toy vehicle



v Feb. 15, 1927.,

cs.V cAsHo'rY TOY VEHICLE Filed Nov. 30, 1925 Patented Feb. 15, 1927.

fToY VEHICLE.

ppliation IedjNQvember 20,4925".-Y SerialNo. 7.2,l6-2f This inventionfrelates to toy vehicles and in particular ,to one adapted to be used bya child for the purposesl of coastingand general amusement. r i A.Aparticular object ofthe invention is to provide a vehicle, the bodyofwhich will be supported in resilient relation with the wheel carryingmembersvthereoffso thata child mountedfuponthe vehicle can .jog up anddownl at the same time thatrithetvehicle is coasting. j l r l l Avfurther object o f the invention. is to provide a vehicle upon which thechild can stand and which will 'bejjso `constructed that the partsthereof will respond to any movement in a vertical direction of thechilds body so that the vehicle body itself will move up and down toprovide amustment for the child.

Referring to the drawings wherein I have shown a preferred embodiment ofmy in-.

vention, Y I Flgure 1 1s a view of a Vehicle 1n side elevation havingmounted thereon a child,

the position of the vehicle being sho-wn in outline when there isimparted thereto a jogging motion.

Figure 2 is a view in front elevation of the vehicle as seen in Figure1.

` Figure 3 is an enlarged, fragmentary view o-f the lowerportion of thevehicle showing the roller holding members and method of attaching thesame to the post members of the body, and

Figure 1 is a side View of the structure shown in Figure 3, theprotective covering thereof being shown in section to illustrate themanner in which the roller carrying member is connected to the postmember of the vehicle body. I

Referring to the drawings in detail, 5 indicates the vehicle platformupon which the child stands. This platform is held between two postmembers 6, which are supported in spaced relation with the lgroundthrough Y the medium of the leaf springs 7, the ends of the leaf springs7 being secured to the lower end of the post members 6 as at 8 andhaving their outer ends secured vas at 9 tothe roller carrying legs 10,the rollers 11 being suitably pivoted in the lower ends of said legs 10.The post members 6 adjacent their lower ends are provided with staples12 which project beyond the sides of said postl members and are enga-gedby the eyes 13 formed in the brackets 14C which are securedtothegiupp'er endsgof the ,legifineinbers 10; This connection providesapivotal movement 'for `the-legs v.10.relatively jto the post-,members21nd it' 'is evident` that adownward pressure on the post Gwill Causethroughwthe mediumof the leafqspringsff, axspreadi-ng apart .of-the'legsilO, with a' resulting depression ,of the-posts and the,platformr 5which @Unneaijssadwrstsi i 1 A Therefore; Chill Standing (Ori. the-platform Sand gripping Vhandle portions 15 i jumping up 'and down 9.1.1. thePlatform @will Cause the. platform .15am posts-6 .-tOf ,have a bouncingmovement but in bouncing upV and down, the motion of the body of thevehicle will be taken up by the spreading of the legs l0l and it isevident that the child can means provided for maintaining rthe wheelcarryingv legs 10 in angular position.

It is evident therefore, that I have provided a Ycoasting toy for use bychildren and upon which they can stand during coasting and which theycan jog up and down to pro-v vide amusement,` it being evident, ofcourse,

that the child 'can rock forward or rearwardly without danger of thevehicle upsetting due to the fact that the forward orrearsov Y wardrocking movement causes vthe legs to Y spread inasmuch as the lower endof the post would move either forward or backward depending upon whichway the child leaned and would push onek of the legs 10 in the samedirection, thereby increasing the base areal of the vehicle andpreventing its overturning.

Also I htve provided a substantial toy which can be manufacturedcheaply, will withstandrough usage and will not get out of order easily.Y

It is to be understood that changes may be made, such for instance, asshortening the post members to provide a short handley andusing the base5 for a seat instead of fora platform,` upon which the child can stand'andany other changes Which Will fall WithinY ciated With' said postmembers, rolle on the scope of the appended claims.

`Having described my invention, what I claim is r-f l. A toy vehiclecomprising a body portion, a ground engaging portion, and meansconnecting said body `portion and f said ground engaging portion wherebysaid body portion can have a jogging movement relatively to said groundengaging portion, and

f Va cover arranged to conceal the point of connection of the body andthe ground engaging portion.

2. A toy'vehicle comprising a platform upon which a child is adapted tostand, legV members associated With said platform and a plurality ofspring members interposed between said legs and said platform Where- .fby a relative movement between the tWo can be had, and meansV forlimiting the movement of the leg members.

' 3. A toy vehicle comprising avplurallty of post members a platformconnecting said post members, leg members` pvotally assosaid leg membersand a resilient conne tion between said post members and sal leg memberswhereby the platform can have a movement toward and away from said leg rmembers, and a shield for covering the pivot points of the legs andlimiting the movement of the platform downwardly., Y

4. A toy vehicle comprising post vmembers, the upper ends of which areformed to provide handles, a platform connecting said post members,legmembers pvotally associated with said post members and carrying Wheelsat their lower ends, springmembers interposed betweenv said' leg membersand said post members and coverings on said post members adapted tocover the pivoted portions of said leg members. Y V i In testimonywhereof I ailix my signature.

. lGEORGE CASHOTY. [1.. s]

